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3 November 2009 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Afghan President Hamid Karzai – re-elected after his opponent, Abdullah Abdullah, withdrew from the run-off planned for next week – to take all steps necessary to…

On the advent of the Holy Month of Ramadan, I would like to seize this opportunity to send my best wishes to all Sudanese throughout the Sudan in general and Darfur in particular. I trust that all peace-loving Sudanese are…

El Fasher, 6 June 2008 – An Antonov 28 fixed wing aircraft belonging to Supreme Global Services Solutions, which has been contracted by the United Nations to supply food rations in its peace operations, crash landed in Saraf…

El Fasher, 8 May 2009 – The African Union-United Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) announces with deep regret that one of its peacekeepers was shot and killed last night in South Darfur during a carjacking incident. At approximately…

Kinshasa, 6 November 2009 - The United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) denies categorically the irresponsible and unfounded allegations of cooperating with the FDLR in an article published in…

NEW YORK - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today rejected any notion that the United Nations is leaving Afghanistan, amid reports that the world body is pulling out of the country following the announcement that it will…

5 November 2009 - The prospects for political stability in Guinea-Bissau appear to be good but are threatened by drug trafficking and organized crime, United Nations officials warned the Security Council today. "Although…

Voter registration kicked off on 1 November across Sudan in preparation for national elections next April, but officials and voters say the population has been ill informed about the process. UNMIS public information officers…

KABUL - The United Nations said today it will temporarily relocate some of its staff as part of increased security measures following the deadly attack in the Afghan capital last week that killed five UN staff members and…

Upgrading a needy primary school in the impoverished West Omdurman area of Khartoum, UNMIS handed furniture over to the institution on 3 November. Supplying basic facilities like desks and benches, the quick impact project…

KABUL - Effective immediately, the United Nations is taking additional steps to reduce risks to its national and international staff serving in Afghanistan. UN Radio Report This is in light of the 28 October attack against UN…